Nathan + Lindsay {A Slideshow}

Let me introduce you to one of the studliest guys I know when it comes to proposing to a woman. I mean, seriously, be prepared to have your knees go weak.

Nathan contacted me, along with my husband, to secretly photograph his proposal to his girlfriend Lindsay. This included a train ride from Orange County (where they live) to Santa Barbara, some champaigne, the most beautiful view from a park overlooking ALL of Santa Barbara, and, oh yeah, a musician pretending to nonchalantly be playing his guitar in the park. When Nathan and Lindsay got there our musician friend offered to play a song, and then proceeded to play James Morrison "You Give Me Something", Nathan and Lindsay's song. Nathan handed Lindsay a gift, a photo album documenting their years together. I bet you can guess what happened next.

This is a slideshow I made in honor of our newly engaged couple. How absolutely adorable and in love are they??

Dylan + Stef {Engaged}: Central Coast Wedding Photographer

Meet Dylan and Stef. My first ever engagement shoot for a married couple.

On 11-11-11 this cute couple got so swept up in their love that they went and got married spur of the moment! Now they are planning another ceremony where they can share their love with family and friends. Hence, an engagement shoot for a married couple!

We had SO much fun, we climbed trees, we almost got stuck in the mud in the mustard fields, and we even got some fantastic photos of them jumping off a dock into the ocean! And if you're wondering whats with the pears, we had themes for each scene that we set up! I won't ruin the surprise though, you'll have to see the cute announcements that we'll be working on to find the themes ;) And the Harley? They are basically living my husband's dream of each owning their own Harley. Yeah, they're pretty awesome.

Thanks Stef and Dylan for the fun shoot, the yummy Sylvester's burgers, and for being so photogenic!

Harrison + Kate {Engaged} Last One!

Okay, so this may just be the cutest couple of all time in the cutest location of all time. I'm not even kidding. And the basket of lemons was SO worth the fact that I will be making lemon coolers every night for the next month in order to get through them all. We had so much fun in this grove of trees that just so happened to be less than 10 minutes away from the ocean and had gorgeous lighting for this great couple. CONFESSION: These are not even lemon trees. They are, in fact, orange trees. Orange trees that weren't ripe and on the smaller side so they could pass for lemons maybe if you squint and use your peripherals and whatnot. Oh, and use Photoshop. Anyways, Harrison, Kate, thanks for the great time! You'll be seeing the full photoshoot soon!

(PS After seeing the picture with the words "I DO" written on the lemons my husband asked, "When did you get good handwriting?" Hm. Guess I should work on that.)

Harrison + Kate {Engaged} (cont'd)

More to come :)

Harrison + Kate {Engaged}

At the risk of exposing just how deep my love affair with my photography goes, I am posting a sneak peak of an engagement shoot I did recently *ahem* (today) *ahem*. Admittedly I am a little obsessive when it comes to editing and after I took pictures of this amazingly cute couple, I began editing as soon as possible. And when I say as soon as possible I mean my son may or may not have gone to bed without brushing his teeth because mom was rushing him to bed. A mother's neglect aside, here are Harrison & Kate, the cutest, sweetest, most in love engaged couple I know.

And of course there will be so many more sneak peaks of this gorgeous couple! Next up, a grove of trees, a picnic basket, and some lemons. Over and out.